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One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.

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  1. n. One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
  2. a. Deadly; mortal; fatal.
  3. adj. of an instrument of certain death
  4. One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. Deadly; mortal; fatal. "The lethal blow." W. Richardson. -- Le"thal*ly, adv.
  5. One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtainedfrom spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called becauseit occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
  6. j:100 s of an instrument of certain death